Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

anuttama अनुत्तम – unsurpassed

adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary adjective

unsurpassed

Derived from

  1. an अन् previx — negative prefix an- before a vowel; not; without
  2. uttama उत्तम adjective — highest; best
Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

anuttama ·a. highest (lit. not having a highest), supreme, best, most, excellent.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

anuttama an-uttama, as, ā, am, unsurpassed, incomparably the best or chief, excellent; not the best; (in gram.) not used in the uttama or first person.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

anuttama (3. a + uttama) 1〉 adj. f. ā der höchste, vorzüglichste, heftigste AK. 3,2,6. H. 1439. anuttameṣūttameṣu lokeṣu CHĀND. UP. 3,13,7. gati (in eig. und übertr. Bed.) N. 5,35. M. 2,242. YĀJÑ. 1,87. BHAG. 7,18. sukha M. 2,9. M. 8,343. dharma M. 5,158. kīrti M. 8,81. tapas VIŚV. 12,6. vrata VIŚV. 15,2. rūpa VIŚV. 14,8. dravya HIT. Pr. 4. vākya R. 1,2,22. kleśa HIḌ. 1,44. — 2〉 m. ein Beiname Śivaʼs ŚIV.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

anuttama 1〉a〉 nicht der letzte (im Varga) d. i. kein Nasal ṚV. PRĀT. 12,2. AV. PRĀT. 1,99. AV. PRĀT. 2,2. AV. PRĀT. 2,20. TAITT. PRĀT. 2,9_in_Ind. St. 4,123. — b〉 keinen Höheren über sich habend, der höchste u. s. w.; vgl. noch R. 3,52,22. R. 3,53,18. DAŚAK._in_BENF. Chr. 182,24.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective

Original text · German · adjective

1. anuttama Adj. nicht der Letzte (im Varga) d. i. kein Nasal.

Original text · German · adjective

2. anuttama — 1〉 Adj. (f. ā) (nichts Höheres über sich habend) der höchste, vorzüglichste, stärkste, heftigste Chr. 90,16. Beiw. Śivaʼs. — 2〉 *f. ā N. pr. einer Apsaras GAL.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · English · adjective · substantive masculine

anuttama a. [na uttamo yasmāt] 1 Than which there is nothing better, having no superior or better, unsurpassed, the very best or highest, incomparably or pre-eminently the best; sarvadravyeṣu vidyaiva dravyamāhuranuttamaṃ H. Pr. 4; kāṃkṣan gatimanuttamāṃ Ms. 2. 242; Y. 1. 87; adastvayā nunnamanuttamaṃ tamaḥ Śi. 1. 27 all-pervading; Bg. 7. 18; Ms. 2. 9; Ms. 5. 158; Ms. 8. 81. 2 Not the best. 3 (In gram.) Not used in the uttama or first, person. — maḥ N. of Śiva or Viṣṇu. Comp. — aṃbhas, -aṃbhasikaṃ a term in Sāṃkhya philosophy, said to mean ‘indifference to and abstinence from sensual enjoyment, as fatiguing or involving injury to external objects.’

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

anuttama (ohne Höchsten oder Höchstes), der höchste, stärkste.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

anuttama anuttama a. m à m. qui n'a pas de supérieur: chef, principal; supérieur.

Occurrences in source texts (1)

PYS 1 occurrence
PYS 2.40–45: Perfected Niyamas 1 occurrence

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